...we normally experience begins in mid-February and extends through early April,'' said Larry Morris, Athens districtforester for the Georgia Forestry Commission. During the early months of the year, farmers and other landowners generally...

...north, 22 fires had burned nearly 3,000 acres in several locations in the 13-county Waycross Forestry District, DistrictForester Buck Wynn said. Another large fire, which burned about 350 acres near U.S. 23 on the Bacon-Jeff Davis county...

...moved in and saved him the cost of diesel fuel to run his pumps. Buck Wynn, the Georgia Forestry Commission's districtforester in Waycross, said the rain helped firefighters extinguish a fire that burned about 7,500 acres of pines in Lanier...

...the largest in at least four years in the Georgia Forestry Commission's 14-county Athens District, said Athens DistrictForester Larry Morris. The Athens district's ''fire index'' rating has reached 468 on an 800-point scale. The index...

...a rotation system so no more than 30 rangers are battling out-of-state wildfires at any given time. Waycross DistrictForester Buck Wynn said South Georgia has been relatively quiet during the past couple of weeks. ''Last weekend, we had...

...district offices in Gainesville, Washington and other north Georgia cities, said Larry Morris, the former Athens Districtforester. Morris has been reassigned to a new job within the agency, developing a new program aimed at urban forestry and...

...intensify, according to Stooksbury. The drought also is bringing with it increased fire danger, said Cliff Hargrove, districtforester of the Georgia Forestry Commission's Washington District. The district includes Madison, Oglethorpe and Oconee...

...An effort to locate local champions is already under way in neighboring Clarke County, where Larry Morris, a districtforester with the Forestry Commission, is assisting with the identification and measuring of trees. Some people take finding...

...are labeled with their name and origin. For the rest of us looking for that perfect tree to plant in our yards, districtforester Larry Morris has all kinds of advice for best growers vs. the trees to avoid. ``A lot of people are shying away...